Staying safe: Strategies for qualitative child abuse researchers

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 56-69

  Coles, Jan ^a   Mudaly, Neerosh ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Researcher safety; Self care

Indexed keywords

EID: 75649139887     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.1080     Document Type: Article

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